September 25, 2026

1There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens. 2A time to give birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant. 3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build. 4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. 5A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them; a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces. 6A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away. 7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak. 8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 9What profit have workers from their toil? 10I have seen the business that God has given to mortals to be busied about. 11God has made everything appropriate to its time, but has put the timeless into their hearts so they cannot find out, from beginning to end, the work which God has done.

1Psalm 144 A Prayer for Victory and Prosperity - Of David. I - Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war; 2My safeguard and my fortress, my stronghold, my deliverer, My shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. 3II - LORD, what is man that you take notice of him; the son of man, that you think of him? 4Man is but a breath, his days are like a passing shadow.

45For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The Blind Bartimaeus.

18Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” 19They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’” 20Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Messiah of God.” 21He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone. 22The First Prediction of the Passion. He said, “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.” The Conditions of Discipleship.